The StoryCorps MobileBooth collected nearly 200 stories in San Antonio, capturing extraordinary stories from ordinary people in our community. Tune in every other Thursday, during Morning Edition on KSTX 89.1 FM, as Texas Public Radio broadcasts excerpts of some of the most memorable interviews collected in the MobileBooth during its San Antonio stay.
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"It was difficult for me to see that, although we felt like we were OK, we were in serious trouble."
July 3, 2008 · On this edition of StoryCorps San Antonio, Sue and Scott Biederwolf talk remember the day their daughter, Samantha, was born. They had a difficult time conceiving Samantha and an even more difficult time with her birth. Sue and Scott Biederwolf shared their conversation at the StoryCorps MobileBooth in San Antonio on February 17, 2008.
"We were making a decision about your future for you that we were kind of scared about."
June 18, 2008 · On this edition of StoryCorps San Antonio, Joy McCord talks with her daughter, Kaberle, who was born deaf. Joy tells Kaberle what she was like as a young child and asks her about living with a cochlear implant. Kaberle talked with her parents Joy and Jason at the StoryCorps MobileBooth in San Antonio on February 23, 2008.
"If I could imagine the sounds of the word, then I could say them."
June 4, 2008 ·John Roby talks to his wife Amy Hartman about overcoming his stutter and how growing up with it changed him. John Roby was interviewed by his wife Amy Hartman at the StoryCorps MobileBooth in San Antonio on February 14, 2008.
"I had never awakened to the sound of a baby in my house, and from that moment on I felt like you were meant to be my daughter."
May 21, 2008 · In this segment of StoryCorps San Antonio, we hear Ruth Malinas tell her daughter about her adoption and what it was like to hold her for the first time.
May 8, 2008 · In this segment of StoryCorps San Antonio, we meet Elizabeth Anderson and Ana Valadez, both retired nurses and professors emeriti. They have known each other for over forty years. Elizabeth and Ana came from different backgrounds, but share a passion for nursing.
March 27, 2008 · In this segment of StoryCorps San Antonio, St. Mary's University faculty member Father George T. Montague tells a memorable story from his youth. Montague was interviewed by his friend, Father John Elias, at the StoryCorps MobileBooth in San Antonio on March 3, 2008.
"He's here to make us love and live and to understand and to teach."
March 13, 2008 · Sisters Erika Seller and Letty Matos visited the Story Corps MobileBooth in San Antonio on March 1, 2008. In this segment of Story Corps San Antonio, Erika has an autistic son, Jacob. She talks with Letty about him, his autism and how life without him is unimaginable.
"I didn't quite know what to do with a stepfather."
March 6, 2008 · Holly Driggers of Austin talks with her mother Cheryl Dawson about lessons learned from her parents and the unfortunate event that drew her closer to her stepfather.
February 27, 2008 ·Seguin resident Dana Perez interviews her father Harry about the art of flying, and how learning to fly helped her find direction in her own life. The Perez family has a long history of piloting airplanes, from the 86-year-old patriarch who still enjoys being in the air, to children and grandchildren. And those that aren't flying are still diving. Dana's brother Eric is not a pilot, but skydives.
"It stripped Dad down to his natural self, what he always was."
February 21, 2008 · Sara Cardell describes how she found out her husband had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Mrs. Cardell is interviewed by her daughter, Debbie, a physician who played an important role in the discovery of the diagnosis.
"He always thought big... and I'm very proud of him."
February 14, 2008 · Irma Nicolas remembers her father, Raoul Cortez, who founded San Antonio's KCOR-AM, the first full-time Spanish language radio station in the United States, and KCOR-TV (later KWEX), the first full-time Spanish language television station in the United States. Mrs. Nicolas is interviewed by her husband Emilio, who sheperded the television station's development into today's Univision.
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